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Companies can use many strategies to make workplaces more inclusive.

At 10 months of age, infants later diagnosed with autism show key differences in joint attention, a behavior in which two people focus on the same object or event.

Many autistic people who are first-time sex offenders may not understand the laws they break. How should their crimes be treated?

Lorna Wing, who died in June, was the modest, kind and thoughtful mother of a daughter with severe autism. She was also a towering figure in the history of autism research, and her contributions to our understanding of autism cannot be overestimated.

About 81 percent of autism risk comes from inherited genetic factors, according to an analysis of more than 2 million children from five countries.

Although many children with autism want to engage with peers, their emotional difficulties often get in the way of their relationships.

Autistic women show unusually strong connections, and autistic men unusually weak ones, between two brain regions.

Supplements, worms and stool: Scientists are playing catch-up as microbiome-based treatments for autism proliferate.

Families of children with mutations in a gene called SYNGAP1 have spurred research into the effects of the mutations on people — and how to treat them.

A drug that mimics the hormone vasopressin improves social skills in autistic people — but so does one that blocks vasopressin’s effects. How can seemingly opposing manipulations produce similar results?

Autistic people described as ‘high functioning’ because they do not have intellectual disability often still struggle with daily living skills.

We asked five autism researchers to weigh in on whether there is a unique brain signature for autism and, if so, how to identify it.

Many scientists have pointed out possible errors of analysis and interpretation in a high-profile study that suggested microbes can ease autism-like behaviors in mice.

Data analysis can improve the vetting of scientific papers, but first publishers must agree to make the information public.

Repetitive behaviors such as hand-flapping and spinning may give autistic people a sense of control; instead of discouraging these behaviors, therapists should address triggers upsetting to autistic people.